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80064 Chassis moved to Cranmore

80064 Chassis moved to Cranmore

In another important step forwards for the West Somerset Railway Association’s locomotive restoration programme, the chassis for BR Standard 4 loco 80064 has today been sent from the WSR to the East Somerset Railway’s Locomotive Workshops. The overhaul of the chassis...
Medals for WSRA Fund Raisers

Medals for WSRA Fund Raisers

  London Marathon Success for Team WSRA We are delighted to share the fantastic achievement of our two WSRA entrants in this year’s London Marathon, Joe Rogers pictured right and Reece Bartle-Coates pictured left. Both runners successfully completed the...
Standard 4 80064 update

Standard 4 80064 update

An update from WSRA runner Reece who is running the 2026 London Marathon on behalf of the WSRA and the 80064 Restoration Fund in particular. I hit a massive milestone today – my longest training run to date at 20 miles! The best part? I actually finished the run...
80064 BOILER GOES TO LANCASHIRE

80064 BOILER GOES TO LANCASHIRE

Monday February 9th saw another step forward with the restoration of B.R. Standard 4MT    2-6-4T when the boiler left a muddy yard at Williton for work to be carried out at Riley and Son. This another important stage along the way to the target of a 2028 return to...

Flue tubes are out

It’s the first week of March and the flue tubes have now been removed to allow the engineering inspection to undertake a thorough internal examination which will inform the scope of work required to return the boiler to service.  The first image is a view from...